What did everyone do for Valentine's Day-Night?

[Omaha Steve]

I've been sick since Wednesday with a bad cold. It's why I'm way behind on email etc. One of the dogs (Sweetie) had to go to the vet unexpectedly. She is fine now.

But we made it to dinner tonight thanks to a boatload of cold meds. We were 1/2 mile away when Marta asked IF I remembered her card? Honey turn the car around.... My driving is limited these days.

We still made it with time to spare for our reservation. A traditional Omaha family owned steak house open since 1922: http://www.johnnyscafe.com/

During appetizers we exchanged those cards. Good thing we went back to get it. A small present was tucked in the card. I surprised her.

Dinner and the staff were excellent as always. The first half of our evening ended. A drive home to our 3 dogs. As always they treated us like rock stars when we walked in the door.

Many long years ago Marta and I became huge fans of Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage version of The Phantom. Seeing the touring version when it came to Omaha was a must.

We got matching inexpensive silver phantom rings. Handmade and unlicensed.

We hated the 2004 film. The cast was good. The movie itself was a piece of crap.

Last year at an estate sale we picked up the real jewel version to watch: http://www.blu-ray.com/The-Phantom-of-the-Opera-at-the-Royal-Albert-Hall/61596/








At the end we see FIVE different Phantoms together on stage:

More info on this must have video for Phantom fans: http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Phantom-of-the-Opera-at-The-Royal-Albert-Hall-Blu-ray/29303/


I'm sure by now you know what we watched with our 3, 4 legged kids at our side and in our laps.

It is rated a high romance production. A beautiful evening.

So what did everybody else do?

OS

[chillfactor]

1. I live alone....

no family...quiet night..watching TV and playing Scrabble against the computer...very lonely

[bigtree]

22. )

[GP6971]

2. Quiet day

My wife works Saturdays, so I cooked. As usual, we stayed in and didn't go out.

[NYC_SKP]

3. Cordinated a beach clean-up, worked on a fundraising video and website, watched sun set over ocean.

Walked the dog 10,000 steps on the Fitbit.

Pretty much just another day, actually!

My SO, a DU member, joined me for a late lunch and then the sunset, and then headed back to take care of her mum!

Happy Valentines Day, OS!

[olddots]

4. we ate left over Halloween candy

There is an upside to nobody showing up for halloween .

[GP6971]

6. Isn't it stale????

[ChazII]

5. Spent the evening with a friend who is in the hospital.

She was taken to the hospital yesterday due to having a grand mal seizure while at work. Her son spent part of the afternoon with her before he went to work and I took the night shift.

[NYC_SKP]

7. Best wishes to recovery, soon!

[ChazII]

25. Thank you for the wishes on recovery.

I will pass your wishes along and I know they will bring a smile.

Thank you to the person who gave me the heart. Things are very tight money wise due to my own medical bills and the heart made me smile.

[sakabatou]

8. I did nothing. Though I do have a gift to give to my girlfriend

[Exhibit A]

9. Uh . . . I'm just hanging on DU.

I did send my ex-GF one of those Valentines "from the dog." She loves those. It's a long-running joke between us that the pets send me telepathic messages about what they want to buy and I do their shopping for them.

[calimary]

52. Welcome to DU, Exhibit A!

Glad you're here! We do that, too. Everybody exchanges presents. Even the quadrupeds!

[Exhibit A]

54. Thanks! :) n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. Watched tv with my cats, like every other evening.

Haven't had a reason to observe Valentine's Day in many years.

[jwirr]

11. I baby sat 4 of my 11 great grandchildren so mom and dad could go to a movie. And believe me

that is the way I would want it. I love being part of their lives.

[cordelia]

12. Spent the afternoon with my Mom and Step dad - he broke his hip

and is in rehab.

And, tonight a friend treated me to performance by the Alvin Ailey dance group at the Fox Theater in Atlanta.

[TwilightGardener]

13. Husband is away for work, but he ordered me chocolate-covered strawberries

which I am enjoying--they arrived today. Younger son home from college for weekend, wanted a home-cooked meal, so I made chicken/rice casserole and green beans. That's pretty much it.

[calimary]

14. Went with my boys to the Cupid's Undie Run in West Hollywood - to benefit

the Children's Tumor Foundation.

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[Omaha Steve]

16. Omaha did that too: Celebrate Valentine's Day by wearing your underwear in public

You don't want to see me in my undies. TRUST ME!

http://www.livewellnebraska.com/fitness/celebrate-valentine-s-day-by-wearing-your-underwear-in-public/article_03d29118-b2fb-11e4-ac60-3be35d55138e.html

Posted: Friday, February 13, 2015 1:00 am
By Katy Glover / World-Herald staff writer

If you see a hoard of half-naked runners in Omaha on Saturday, don’t call the police. The Cupid’s Undie Run is in town.

The race invites participants to put on their bedroom best and race through Midtown Crossing for roughly one mile in the name of charity. The Valentine’s Day event benefits the Children’s Tumor Foundation.

Nudity, thongs and pasties are not allowed. You must be at least 21 years old to participate.

Organizers are expecting more than 300 people to attend, similar to last year’s turnout. The 2014 race raised $36,000.

MORE at link.

[calimary]

17. I have no idea how much they made but my boys raised a few hundred dollars

by themselves. They posted on Facebook and some of their fans actually donated!

It was hilarious! The whole scene - noise, tons of crazy people, loud disco music, flashing lights and videos on the walls, balloons, funny hats, masks, face paint, fright wigs, hot pink tutus, crowns, pompoms, at least one long red bathrobe, some dude in a large Guy Fawkes mask, flying sprays of glitter and what looked like soap flakes, the works! Cameras were everywhere - some people had those long extended "selfie" wands like President Obama was using in that video that got so much publicity a couple of days ago. There was a short, stout, hairy white guy wearing a BIG brown Afro wig that literally was as tall as he was! There was a girl wearing a full-length bright yellow banana suit - DAMMIT my photos of her were all blurry. There were multiple superheroes, male and female. More than a few red capes even among the non superheroes. You could barely get through the room. It started at a packed club on a side street, everybody had a great time! Everybody everywhere had big silly smiles on their faces. Even the cops on the beat were clearly enjoying it. Just a whole bunch of silly goofy fun - for about a mile or so around the block near the Pacific Design Center. I'm sure it was on the local news tonight. I saw remote trucks from at least two stations.

Believe men, NOBODY wants to see me in my underwear, so I just followed along and tried to take photos that weren't blurred somehow. Besides, admiring my boys is plenty enough - they're fun to look at! Terrific turnout, and very sunny warm weather! Good thing, too, because some people really had very little on. I'd had kind of a frustrated crabby morning. This event certainly left me with a big smile on my face! And the boys were happy, too. At first they weren't sure, but our guitar player, Josh, loves this stuff, and insisted it'd be fun. EXCELLENT call, Josh!

[ChazII]

29. Calimary and Omaha Steve a big

thank you for participating in the Cupid Undie Run for the Children's Tumor Foundation. My son and I both have Neurofibromatosis Type 1 or NF1 for short. It is a genetic disorder that occurs in 1 out of 3,000 births. NF2 is more rare and also more serious causing hearing loss and often paralysis if the facial nerve needs to have an operation. I have lost three friends to NF and all were in their late 30's or early 40.

The Children's Tumor Foundation as a great web site for anyone wishing to learn more. My son looks like Disney's version of Hunchback of Notre Dame. NF presents itself very differently.

Calimary, please pass along my thanks to the others in your group who ran for a cure. NF has no cure at this time and can be a spontaneous mutation forming on chromosome 17 for NF1 and chromosome 22 for NF2. For a person with NF it is a crap shoot when deciding to have a child. I have NF friends whose children do not have NF while other families have several children with NF. You and Omaha Steve have made not only my day by your post but hundreds of NF families, too.

[marym625]

18. Very cool!

[Silent3]

42. It's easier to get away with when you have a big event to give you cover.

So to speak.

[calimary]

50. DUzy!!!!

The very idea makes me laugh, yet AGAIN! That's what I've been doing all day - laughing and chuckling at the memories of yesterday - and the VISUALS!!!! Good Lord the Visuals!!!! Hey-Nonny-Nonny-and-a-Ha-Cha-Cha!!!!!!

You had fun. You couldn't help yourself. You had fun in spite of yourself. It was irresistible.

[sheshe2]

15. I adore Phantom of the Opera!

Saw it several times.

Lol~ me I worked, slogged home in a blizzard. Hope the power stays on. Fourth storm 15 days. This will put us at 7' of snow!

Snow is falling in Boston, but worst of the storm is likely yet to come



http://mashable.com/2015/02/14/boston-snow-storm/

[Omaha Steve]

34. Is that you?

[sheshe2]

38. Lol~

Nope, but close!

[Silent3]

43. I live in NH, not far from Boston

I've had plenty of snow to hike and snowshoe through these past few weeks. About 8" came overnight after the time you posted this message I'm replying to, making about 10" total we got from this storm, piling in on top of all that's already here and not melting away.

[herding cats]

19. I'm really glad you had a great day!

You deserve it, and it makes me happier to know your day was beautiful!

[shenmue]

20. Tee vee and books

[bigtree]

21. Valentine's Day

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026227742

[bigwillq]

23. Hung out with my buddies.

I enjoyed myself.

[Scuba]

24. For the first time in nearly 40 years, I had a date on Valentine's Day. Dancing to a real orchestra.

[Peacetrain]

26. Hubby took me out to lunch

(I don't particularly care to fight the big dinner crowds on holidays).. flowers (yes I am that person that loves flowers) and a really funny Valentines card.. All and all a perfect day with the love of my life..

[orpupilofnature57]

27. Watched ' Grand Budapest Hotel ' for the 100th time with my girlfriend of 40 yrs.

I exaggerate on 100, but not 40 .

[Logical]

37. Hate his movies. All of them. And usually like art films. I know I am in the minority.......

just do not get his stuff.

People say rushmore is good. Need to see that one I guess. The only one I have not seen.

[orpupilofnature57]

39. ' The Darjeeling Limited ' ????

[Logical]

41. Hated it also. nt

[bigwillq]

45. I dislike Anderson movies as well.

Have not watched TGBH yet. I thought the trailer was awful. I eventually will watch TGBH because I try to watch all the Oscar nominated films every year, but I really have no interest in seeing it.

[calimary]

53. That one is a keeper!

I've seen it several times by now. Like it a little more each time!

[Maeve]

28. Steak, champagne and "Enchanted"

After 40+ years together, we still watch romantic comedies over and over...

[rickford66]

30. Streamed some murder mysteries on Acorn.

[Lefta Dissenter]

31. Went to the Garden Expo with my daughter

The beautiful plants and garden ornaments reminded me that spring might come one day. I bought myself a couple of gifts there!

Then I spent the evening with my sister, my Dad and his wife, and heard from my son that his girlfriend said "yes" to his proposal!

[catbyte]

32. Had my first date in 31 years with the first guy I ever fell in love with but broke up 39 years ago.

Confused? We were college sweethearts, but too young to settle down. We married other people-he lost his wife after 35 years of marriage, I lost mine after 30. We reconnected on Facebook. It. Was. Awesome.

[NYC_SKP]

33. That is very sweet!

Lucky you two!

[DrDan]

35. some jazz courtesy of the Stetson University Jazz Ensemble, then lobster, chardonnay and a

good movie (After the Wedding)

A good Valentine Day

[Blue_Tires]

36. Curse my loneliness

[inanna]

40. Well, I had to work.

But hey, the hearts given to me by DUers made up for that!

Thanks again.

Nice post, Omaha Steve.

[RB TexLa]

44. Lifted weights and cardio

[Rhythm]

46. I spent mine in the ER

I've been fighting some respiratory gunk for a week and have coughed so frequently and with so much force that i have injured chest muscles and almost blacked-out. After almost collapsing in the grocery store, i decided to go make sure this was ~not~ pneumonia.

A zillion tests and such later, it is just severe, virally-caused bronchitis... and so once i got home, i bundled up in a blanket and watched TV until i conked-out on the couch.

[orpupilofnature57]

47. Get well soon .

[Rhythm]

48. Every day, a little better... that's all i need.

[Tree-Hugger]

49. Cried a little bit. Watched some porn.

By "porn" I mean crochet tutorials on YouTube.

[Blue_In_AK]

51. We took a train ride from Anchorage to Fairbanks,

which my husband loved because he didn't have to drive, and now we're waiting for the arrival of the first few Yukon Quest sled dog teams.